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<big>''[[Crinum latifolium]]'' L.</big>
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:Protologue: Sp. pl. 1: 291 (1753).
== Synonyms ==
*''Crinum moluccanum'' Roxb. (1859).
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A herb up to 150 m tall, bulb 8-15 cm in diameter; leaves 12-20, oblong-linear, 60-120 cm × 4-7 cm, margins distantly serrated, rough; umbel .*Umbel 10-20-flowered, scape as long as the leaves, green or purplish-green, bracts 5-7 cm long, very broadly ovate, purplish; flowers .*Flowers fragrant, corolla tube 10-13 cm long, curved, green, tinged with purple, lobes oblong-lanceolate, 8-13 cm × 2.5-3.5 cm, white, flushed with pale purple in median part, stamens declinate, filaments 5.5-9 cm long, white, anthers 2.5-3 cm long, yellow, becoming purple-grey, style 17-23 cm long, white; capsule .*Capsule rarely formed, rounded, 4-5 cm in diameter. ''C. latifolium'' is known from cultivation only.
== Selected sources ==
*[786] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.*[788] Pételot, A., 1952—1954. Les plantes médicinales du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam [The medicinal plants of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam]. 4 volumes. Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques et Techniques, Saigon, Vietnam. == Main genus page ==*[[Crinum (PROSEA)|''Crinum'']]
== Authors ==
*Wardah
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